CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
6.3 Further research
Further research is needed to be conducted on the implementation and the effectiveness of educational and awareness programmes concerning the need for early treatment of STIs, and whether the message is or is not presented adequately.
Further research is needed to determine reasons why men engage in risky sexual behaviour despite their knowledge about STIs, so as to understand the social and behavioural links involved in acquisition of infections.
Further research is needed to investigate the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies derived from research findings.
43 Declaration
Mpumelelo Nyalela is currently a student at the UKZN School of Nursing and Public Health. He is currently employed at Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital. Funding towards the completion of a postgraduate qualification was received from UKZN School of Nursing and Public Health. Neither clinic had any financial or other form of contribution towards the study design, data collection methods, analysis and interpretation of the results and writing of the manuscript.
Acknowledgements
I am grateful to both Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital and KwaMashu Community Health Centre management, as well as BREC for permission to conduct the study. I am also grateful to health care personnel of both clinics for the co-operation during the data collection.
I would also like to thank both my supervisors for their enormous contributions from the beginning of the study.
Conflict of interest
I do not have a commercial or other association which may have posed a conflict of interest.
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